“Hate Cannot Be Tolerated”

Richard Delgado works as a Law professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He has often appeared on television and radio programs. This article appeared in the Insight on the News, which is a biweekly news magazine. As Delgado states, there have been a lot of hate related incidents on campuses. Hate can be directed towards everyone. Jews, Blacks and Latino cases, are the examples that the author mentions. As a reaction to this kind of incidents, some colleges are adapting hate-speech codes, they are also applying rules against those who interfere with the other students studies. Most of the times, the hate speech is anonymous. Because of this, rarely the victim has a chance to respond or defend. If the hate speech victims reply, it can go very bad for them. As Delgado says: “The victim talked back-and paid with his life.” (199). As the author explains, almost never hate speech is an invitation to talk; it is more like a slap in the face. Finally, the author argues that Federal Courts are fully aware of all these events happening recently on campuses, and are creating punishments against offenders.
In my opinion, this is a truly realistic article. I do relate my thought with Delgado’s thought because I know that hate can be directed towards everyone. As a Jewish person, it is sad but true to said that some of the people that share the same religious beliefs that I do, have passed thru a lot of humiliations and even slaughter. I am glad to know that universities and colleges are adapting this hate speech codes, because in my opinion, a campus where hate speech and offenses are active, is not a healthy environment for students that are just there to learn. It is also very terrifying that if someone is being verbally attacked because of his/her beliefs, and he/she responds, it can go very bad for the victim, not just verbally, even physically. I think there is no point…...

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